The mother of Kathe and Cora. While she fears for her husband and her son’s lives when the two men set out in search of the twins, she soon proves capable of handling the situation quite competently, calling up Sheriff Cribus to tell him what has happened. Her attitude at Coffey’s execution is hateful, vindictive, and racist. She loudly and repeatedly expresses her desire for him to feel pain for the crime she wrongly believes he has committed.